About Project

ADB TA-9252 VIE: Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Corridor Connectivity Enhancement Project (CCEP) – Conduct of Rapid Replacement Cost Study (RCS), Socio Economic Survey (SES) and Inventory of Losses (IOL)

Country: Vietnam
Location within country: Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Lai Chau, Quang Nam
Name of Client:  Egis International (France)
Start date (month/year): Dec 2017
Completion date (month/year): April 2018

Narrative description of Project:

The Project Preparation Technical Assistance (PPTA) will assess the feasibility and prepare required documentation in preparation for the potential subsequent ADB funding of the construction of the CCEP Project. This project will expand the benefits of GMS corridors to adjacent provinces with high poverty incidence. The project comprises upgrading of several national highways (NH) and provincial roads (PR) to enhance connectivity of provinces in the

Northwestern and Central Regions and supporting Department of Roads Viet Nam (DRVN) of Ministry of Transport (MOT) in road asset management.

A key activity of the PPTA is to prepare a Resettlement Plans (RP) for the Project in accordance with ADB’s policy on involuntary resettlement. The anticipated works for the ensuing project consist of upgrading of National Highway 32, and Provincial Roads 279 and 175, in Lai Chau, Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces as well as National Highway 14D in Quang Nam province, including upgrading of existing roads as well as proposed construction of several new alignments.

Description of actual services provided in the assignment :

Consultant is require to perform:

–  A Socioeconomic survey for Project affected households to identify affected person, occupation, ethnicity and income. The result of the survey is for preparation of the RPs..

–  An inventory of losses (IOL) is required to be conducted to assess potential impacts on property (land, structures, crops, etc), living conditions and livelihoods in order to prepare the RPs.

–  Carry out public consultation with  affected households and affected  communities on project design, compensation, assistance and resettlement policies of the project (forcus on difference between Gov and ADB policies on compensation, assistance and resettlement);

– A Rapid Replacement Cost Study:

+ The team shall verify and establish compensation rates for land, structures, trees and crops to ensure that Project Affected Persons are compensated at replacement cost.

+ The establishment of replacement costs will be carried out based on information collected from both desk research and direct interviews with people in affected area, both those persons who are affected and those not affected.

+ Desk research will focus on relevant publications, materials of Government authorities, both at central and local levels. However, these materials will play the supporting role only. As the work is aimed at obtaining reasonable replacement costs for different types of affected assets, market evidences are the factors which most strongly base the formulation of these costs. Direct interviews with people in the affected area, both those, whose assets are affected by the Project and those, whose assets are not, will produce reliable data for establishment.